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[Love] is a Battlefield

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    OmnipotentBagelOmnipotentBagel floof Registered User regular
    Angelina wrote: »
    Is there training to survive the heat on this train? I'm sweating and will probably smell by the end of the journey. Why is there no air conditioning?!

    Well, yes, but the training is mostly just "continuing to spend time on a hot train until you get used to it" so it probably isn't worth it.

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    BrainleechBrainleech 機知に富んだコメントはここにあります Registered User regular
    Liiya wrote: »
    It's very conflicting being messaged only about your appearance.

    I don't do that
    I ask questions based upon what they write in their profile
    This seems not to work so o well
    I even get messages based upon my appearance so I went and changed all my pics to where I looked just nasty to see what happened

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    Magic PinkMagic Pink Tur-Boner-Fed Registered User regular
    Juggernut wrote: »
    You have a beer club?

    Aw man I wanna join beer club.

    I have a bear club you can join

    or maybe not it gets messy

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    sarukunsarukun RIESLING OCEANRegistered User regular
    Pretty mystery lady claims to have a fever.

    I am prepared to never hear from this person again as long as I live.

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    OmnipotentBagelOmnipotentBagel floof Registered User regular
    sarukun wrote: »
    Pretty mystery lady claims to have a fever.

    I am prepared to never hear from this person again as long as I live.

    Have you offered her some more cowbell?

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    XaquinXaquin Right behind you!Registered User regular
    sarukun wrote: »
    Pretty mystery lady claims to have a fever.

    I am prepared to never hear from this person again as long as I live.

    tell her to alternate motrin and tylenol and if she's not better in a few days to see her doctor

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    JoeUserJoeUser Forum Santa Registered User regular
    Angelina wrote: »
    On my next train which is boiling and I'm facing the wrong way. I also had to ask someone to get out of my reserved seat. I'm too British for this.

    You could have sat on the floor, like all great British politicians!

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    OmnipotentBagelOmnipotentBagel floof Registered User regular
    JoeUser wrote: »
    Angelina wrote: »
    On my next train which is boiling and I'm facing the wrong way. I also had to ask someone to get out of my reserved seat. I'm too British for this.

    You could have sat on the floor, like all great British politicians!

    When I think of British politics and sitting on things, "floor" isn't the first word that comes to mind.

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    sarukunsarukun RIESLING OCEANRegistered User regular
    sarukun wrote: »
    Pretty mystery lady claims to have a fever.

    I am prepared to never hear from this person again as long as I live.

    Have you offered her some more cowbell?

    Oh, well fucking done.

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    JoeUserJoeUser Forum Santa Registered User regular
    JoeUser wrote: »
    Angelina wrote: »
    On my next train which is boiling and I'm facing the wrong way. I also had to ask someone to get out of my reserved seat. I'm too British for this.

    You could have sat on the floor, like all great British politicians!

    When I think of British politics and sitting on things, "floor" isn't the first word that comes to mind.

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    AngelinaAngelina Registered User regular
    They've just apologised for the lack of air conditioning. Thankfully I'm escaping in 10 minutes, sweatily.

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    Magic PinkMagic Pink Tur-Boner-Fed Registered User regular
    sarukun wrote: »
    Pretty mystery lady claims to have a fever.

    I am prepared to never hear from this person again as long as I live.

    I have a strong feeling you dodged a bullet

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    sarukunsarukun RIESLING OCEANRegistered User regular
    Magic Pink wrote: »
    sarukun wrote: »
    Pretty mystery lady claims to have a fever.

    I am prepared to never hear from this person again as long as I live.

    I have a strong feeling you dodged a bullet

    I have my own suspicions.

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    AngelinaAngelina Registered User regular
    I'm on a bench next to two teenage boys asking out a girl over the phone for the other teenage boy in the group. I wonder if that still works at my age.

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    Magic PinkMagic Pink Tur-Boner-Fed Registered User regular
    Angelina wrote: »
    I'm on a bench next to two teenage boys asking out a girl over the phone for the other teenage boy in the group. I wonder if that still works at my age.

    give me the phone number and we'll see

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    BillyIdleBillyIdle What does "katana" mean? It means "Japanese sword."Registered User regular
    So yesterday I was told by my job I have to resign because they won't reduce my hours so that I can go to my classes for my last semester of school. That really soured me and I had my first ever date with someone older than me, and I wasn't in the best of moods.

    That all changed once I got to the city we were meeting up, because I saw the only thing that could make me feel fantastic no matter what: a DeLorean. I'm ridiculously obsessed with these cars, and got to take a few pictures with it after it parked.

    Oh the date went well too.

    PSN: BillyIdle_
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    Magic PinkMagic Pink Tur-Boner-Fed Registered User regular
    so did you get to kiss the car or not

    we want details

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    GaryOGaryO Registered User regular
    Magic Pink wrote: »
    so did you get to kiss the car or not

    we want details

    more importantly did you sit in it?

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    LiiyaLiiya Registered User regular
    Liiya wrote: »
    Liiya wrote: »
    "localfuckbuddy4u" was reported and blocked. Now he has evolved into "localfuckbuddy4u8" with the same pictures, same lines but brand new determination!

    HE IS BACK.

    Transformed into "Localsexfriend" he's dropped the "4 u" so I guess it wouldn't be exclusive anymore.

    And back again. Being objectified is getting old.

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    XaquinXaquin Right behind you!Registered User regular
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    GizzyGizzy i am a cat PhoenixRegistered User regular
    True story - my okcupid profile pic has my hair covering my face with sun glasses on cousin it style and I still get comments about being hot.

    I think not only are dudes not reading the profile, they might not even be looking at the picture.

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    Island Name: Felinefine
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    OmnipotentBagelOmnipotentBagel floof Registered User regular
    Gizzy wrote: »
    True story - my okcupid profile pic has my hair covering my face with sun glasses on cousin it style and I still get comments about being hot.

    I think not only are dudes not reading the profile, they might not even be looking at the picture.

    That or a lot of people in your area have a thing for Cousin It.

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    tynictynic PICNIC BADASS Registered User, ClubPA regular
    Liiya wrote: »
    Liiya wrote: »
    Liiya wrote: »
    "localfuckbuddy4u" was reported and blocked. Now he has evolved into "localfuckbuddy4u8" with the same pictures, same lines but brand new determination!

    HE IS BACK.

    Transformed into "Localsexfriend" he's dropped the "4 u" so I guess it wouldn't be exclusive anymore.

    And back again. Being objectified is getting old.

    Do you have to use a picture of yourself on these sites? I'm wondering what your hit rate would be like if you had, like, a really gorgeous soft-edged studio photo of a fern.

    ...probably find a startling number of dudes into tree-fucking. Never mind.

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    XaquinXaquin Right behind you!Registered User regular
    Gizzy wrote: »
    True story - my okcupid profile pic has my hair covering my face with sun glasses on cousin it style and I still get comments about being hot.

    I think not only are dudes not reading the profile, they might not even be looking at the picture.

    eeeeemmmmmmmmmmmememememe!

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    OmnipotentBagelOmnipotentBagel floof Registered User regular
    tynic wrote: »
    Liiya wrote: »
    Liiya wrote: »
    Liiya wrote: »
    "localfuckbuddy4u" was reported and blocked. Now he has evolved into "localfuckbuddy4u8" with the same pictures, same lines but brand new determination!

    HE IS BACK.

    Transformed into "Localsexfriend" he's dropped the "4 u" so I guess it wouldn't be exclusive anymore.

    And back again. Being objectified is getting old.

    Do you have to use a picture of yourself on these sites? I'm wondering what your hit rate would be like if you had, like, a really gorgeous soft-edged studio photo of a fern.

    ...probably find a startling number of dudes into tree-fucking. Never mind.

    I could give her one of my pictures. I never get messages!

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    XaquinXaquin Right behind you!Registered User regular
    tynic wrote: »
    Liiya wrote: »
    Liiya wrote: »
    Liiya wrote: »
    "localfuckbuddy4u" was reported and blocked. Now he has evolved into "localfuckbuddy4u8" with the same pictures, same lines but brand new determination!

    HE IS BACK.

    Transformed into "Localsexfriend" he's dropped the "4 u" so I guess it wouldn't be exclusive anymore.

    And back again. Being objectified is getting old.

    Do you have to use a picture of yourself on these sites? I'm wondering what your hit rate would be like if you had, like, a really gorgeous soft-edged studio photo of a fern.

    ...probably find a startling number of dudes into tree-fucking. Never mind.

    hey hey

    you might find some guys just looking to be fronds

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    PlatyPlaty Registered User regular
    I think OkCupid might kinda... suck?

    I'm not saying it's a lousy dating site but it doesn't make things very easy or fun

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    PlatyPlaty Registered User regular
    Also, that there is a premium search function by which you can sort by attractiveness and body type seems tailor-made for guys who get a kick out of sending garbage messages to ladies

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    tynictynic PICNIC BADASS Registered User, ClubPA regular
    Is this self-declared body type
    Ugh it all sounds pretty gross and meat market-y to be frank

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    PlatyPlaty Registered User regular
    I think it is self-declared body type, they make you choose yours from a list

    OkCupid makes me feel like I'm window-shopping anytime I look for matches

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    OmnipotentBagelOmnipotentBagel floof Registered User regular
    Yeah, the "sort by attractiveness thing" made me go "ugh" at first and then I thought about it and realized "wait, how could that possibly even actually work?" Either it's largely bullshit metadata garbage or they have some crazy image-processing algorithms.

    And yeah, Tynic, there's a spot in your profile where you can list your body type from a pre-generated set of options. I could do without it, really.

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    OmnipotentBagelOmnipotentBagel floof Registered User regular
    I think it is self-declared body type, they make you choose yours from a list

    OkCupid makes me feel like I'm window-shopping anytime I look for matches

    Especially when you get the quickmatch thing where you can't even view their profile, just "look at these pictures and say yes or no".

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    PlatyPlaty Registered User regular
    Attractiveness is probably a measure of how many clicks a profile gets - when you're looking for matches, you see the pictures and match percentage, so that determines whether you click on a profile

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    OmnipotentBagelOmnipotentBagel floof Registered User regular
    Like, my biggest pass-fail metric for OKC is the profile. I don't care what our match percentage is or what your pictures are like, if you don't have anything substantial in your profile, if I don't have the slightest idea of what you're like as a person, I'm not interested.

    (My second biggest pass-fail metric is my stupid brain and it's really more like fail-fail)

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    PlatyPlaty Registered User regular
    I think it's a general problem with dating sites and apps that they're not very fun

    It's less "hooray, let's see who we'll talk to today" and more "this feels miserable"

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    OmnipotentBagelOmnipotentBagel floof Registered User regular
    If I could just meet all my potential dates in an off-topic forum that'd be ideal.

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    ArtereisArtereis Registered User regular
    I can still count on one hand the number of profiles I've looked at that gave me a "I must talk to this person" kind of vibe. Most of the time, there's just enough there to get the bare minimum of what their personality might be.

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    BillyIdleBillyIdle What does "katana" mean? It means "Japanese sword."Registered User regular
    GaryO wrote: »
    Magic Pink wrote: »
    so did you get to kiss the car or not

    we want details

    more importantly did you sit in it?

    Sadly it was not mine to kiss or get inside. I did take some stealth pics when the car wasn't looking.

    When I get my own you bet I'll kiss it so much, the stainless steel good will look like John Mayer leaving the club.

    PSN: BillyIdle_
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    HacksawHacksaw J. Duggan Esq. Wrestler at LawRegistered User regular

    I think OkCupid might kinda... suck?

    I'm not saying it's a lousy dating site but it doesn't make things very easy or fun

    OkC is trash. At best it is a diversion from the fact that we all die alone, largely unsatisfied by our lifetime choices in expedient dining.

    Eat at Arby's.

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    AphostileAphostile San Francisco, CARegistered User regular
    Magic Pink wrote: »
    Juggernut wrote: »
    You have a beer club?

    Aw man I wanna join beer club.

    I have a bear club you can join

    or maybe not it gets messy

    I'd say I'm more of an otter than a bear though.

    Nothing. Matters.
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